Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and between-group comparison of categorical participant characteristics
| Variable | Groups | Fisher Exact test P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Without grandmother attendance (n = 32) | With grandmother attendance (n = 32) | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Mother’s occupation | |||
| Housewife | 32 (100) | 29 (9.4) | 0.238 |
| Employed | 0 (0) | 3 (90.6) | |
| Grandmother’s occupation | |||
| Housewife | 32 (100) | 31 (96.9) | 0.999 |
| Employed | 0 (0) | 1 (3.1) | |
| Husband’s occupation | |||
| Worker | 6 (18.8) | 4 (12.5) | 0.091 |
| Employed | 1 (3.1) | 7 (21.9) | |
| Self-employed | 25 (78.1) | 21 (65.6) | |
| Economic status of the family (month’s wages: millions of Rials) | |||
| < 20 | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0) | 0.891 |
| 20–40 | 20 (62.6) | 22 (68.8) | |
| 40–100 | 10 (31.2) | 10 (31.2) | |
| > 100 | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Mother’s education | |||
| Elementary | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0) | 0.083 |
| Secondary | 2 (6.2) | 3 (9.4) | |
| High school | 24 (75) | 16 (50) | |
| University | 5 (15.6) | 13 (40.6) | |
| Grandmother’s education | |||
| Elementary | 8 (25) | 2 (6.2) | 0.211 |
| Secondary | 15 (46.9) | 18 (56.3) | |
| High school | 7 (21.9) | 8 (25) | |
| University | 2 (6.2) | 4 (12.5) | |
| Mode of delivery | |||
| Normal vaginal | 6 (18.8) | 5 (15.6) | 0.75 |
| Vacuum extraction | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Cesarean section | 25 (78.1) | 27 (84.4) | |